Mayworth School
Also known as: Cramerton School
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Why it's listed
Mayworth School is a red brick school at 236 Eighth Avenue in Cramerton, North Carolina, built in 1920-1921 for the children of a company-owned textile mill village. Mill owner and textile engineer Stuart Cramer designed it in a restrained Classical Revival style, with a stone portico, Roman Doric columns, brick panels and steel windows. Additions followed in 1930 and the 1960s, and a brick gymnasium (1939) and concrete pool (1945) joined the site. Before the school opened, village classes met in private homes, a store, a small frame building and the local theater stage. Mayworth was the first building in the community constructed solely for teaching, and it served as the town's only school until 1997. It was listed for local significance in education and architecture, with a period of significance from 1921 to 1952. The school building has been used for storage since closing, while the gymnasium and pool serve as a town recreation center.
Significance in brief: The school was the first building in the company-owned Cramerton mill village built solely for education and the town's only school from 1921 to 1997. It is argued to be a restrained, locally important example of Classical Revival design. The gymnasium and pool added to its physical education programs.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 02000986, listed September 16, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 236 Eighth Ave., Cramerton |
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| County | Gaston County |
| Listed | September 16, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02000986 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1921-1952 |
| Architect / builder | Cramer, Stuart -- architect |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Education, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The school closed in 1997 and the building was used for storage; the gymnasium and pool have been rehabilitated and are used by the Town of Cramerton as a recreation center. |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Coordinates | 35.24056, -81.07541 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 02000986.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6798165
- This listing as JSON
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